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Distribution: Mindanao ! 



17. Vitex parviflora JöSS. Ann. Mus. Par. VII, 76 (1806); Verb. 213.- 

 V. littoralis DECNE. Nouv. Ann. Mus. Par. III, 401 (1834); Verb. 194.— * 

 V. Loureirül HOOK, et Arn., Bot. Beech. Voy., 206, t. 48 (from China) 

 (1841).— V. altissima NAVES ex F.-VlLL. Nov. app. 130 (1877).— V. 

 ümoriensis Walp. Rep. IV. 84 (1848).— V. glaberrima ZlPP. ex SPAN., 

 Linnaea XV, 330 (1841).— V. leucoxylon SPAN. I.e.— V. cofassus Rw. var. 

 timorensis HOOK. f. Med. 's Rijks Herb. Leid. n. 37, 47 (1918)— Inflores- 

 cences normally rather lax, very dense only in the case of presence of 

 sterile flowers or fruits; COROLLA 0.8-1.1 c.M. ; drupe normally 0.4 c.M. 

 in diam., 0.9 c.M. whed sterile and inhabited by insect-larvae. Many specimens 

 show the particular sterility of the flowers and the fruits, mentioned on p. 

 214 of the „Verb.". The enlarged fruits have their upper wall increased 

 considerably; in this wall are a rather large number of holes, rounded 

 above, in which live the larvae of an insect, one in each hole; ') the cells 

 below them do not contain an ovule. 



In Herb. Bog. we examined the following: 

 a. fertile specimens: 



Philippines: 



Mindanao: REILLO n. 16463, Zamboanga, firs, in Sept.-Oct. 1912. — 

 ELMER n. 11031, Todaya, firs, in June 1909.— AHERN nos. 504 Q (? 1504 Q) 

 and 659 Q.— WHITFORD and HUTCHINSON n. 9213, Zamboanga, flow, in 

 Jan. 1918. 



Luzon: DARLING n. 14891, Pangasinan, flow, in May 1909.— BER- 

 NARDO, n. 15139, Cagayan, flow in May-June 1912.— CURRAN n. 4899, 

 BAGUIO flow, in Aug. 1906; ID. n. 5844, Zambalez. Jan. 1907.— CURRAN 

 et MERRITT. n. 12398, Mt. Limay, buds in Aug, 1908 ; ID. n. -7712, Batanges, 

 firs, and young fr. in Nov. 1907.- MERRITT. n. 18016, Benguet, 

 Dec. 1908.— REYES n. 7470, Tayabas, fr. in July 1907.— Kemme 

 n. 5247, Cagayan, firs, in Aug.-Sept. 1906.— MANGUBAT n. 1361, Mendez, 

 Numez, firs, in Aug. 1906.— BORDEN n. 771, Lamao- riv., firs, in Nov. 

 1904.— AQUILAR n. 6016, Zambalez, Jan. 1907.— AKERN n. 37 Q.— Elmer 

 n. 17286, fr. in Sept. 1916; id. n. 18089, buds in June-July 1917. — RAMOS 

 n. 1867, fr. in Aug. 1914. 



Camarinez: CURRAN n. 10654, flow, in June 1908. 



Mindoro: MERRITT n. 8561, fr. in Jan. 1908.— ROSENBLUTH n. 

 12219, Apr.-June 1908; ID. n. 11326, Bulacacao, May 1908 — BERMEJOS n. 

 1522, Bulacacao, flow, in Aug.-Sept. 1906. 



Basilan: Hutchinson, n. 6125. 



Sibuyan: ELMER n. 10995, Magellanes, flow, in May 1910. 

 Negros: CURRAN n. 17452, Sept. 1909.— EVERETT n. 5548, Negr. 

 Occid., flow, in July-Oct. 1906. 



Mas bate: CLARK n. 2526, flow, in Oct. 1904. 



') Dr. Docters VAN Leeuwen informs us kindly, that the insect is a Cecidomya. 



